I forgot to tell you about our trip to the butcher in Delhi! My friend wanted to buy some chicken so we stopped by her butcher to pick up some. As we walked into the small shop there were two men sitting on the floor up on a wide ledge on the right. THEY were the butchers. But the most fascinating thing is how they were holding the knives. EAch man held a big butcher knife between his BIG TOE and the next toe. He used his hands to postiion the chicken as the knife cut it up. Yes, from where I was I could see their feet and they LOOKED clean to me! They could cut chicken up faster than anyone I have ever seen. And that's what they do all day - sit there and cut up meat for their customers!
Wish I had a picture...
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
On to Bangalore
One of the best parts about visiting Bangalore was seeing old friends that we were with in West Africa for many years. They gave us a great tour of the Bangalore Hospital where Rebecca Naylor served for so many years. There's a beautiful painting in the foyer of the hospital. It is Rebecca Naylor doing surgery with Christ standing behind her telling her what to do. It was very beautiful.
Bangalore was alot cooler than Delhi so we enjoyed that change. We stayed at a guesthouse on the hospital compound.
One of the most interesting things about our entire trip was visiting a project that BGR has been involved in there. An Indian couple have about 200 slum kids come to their house every afternoon after school for tutoring and a hot meal. This is the kids' only meal of the day! Their ages range from 4 - 12 (as far as I could tell). They were so well-behaved. The couple is doing a great job ministering to them.
Lori
Bangalore was alot cooler than Delhi so we enjoyed that change. We stayed at a guesthouse on the hospital compound.
One of the most interesting things about our entire trip was visiting a project that BGR has been involved in there. An Indian couple have about 200 slum kids come to their house every afternoon after school for tutoring and a hot meal. This is the kids' only meal of the day! Their ages range from 4 - 12 (as far as I could tell). They were so well-behaved. The couple is doing a great job ministering to them.
Lori
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Akshardam
Sorry, on the last post I sent you to the Akshardam site. We also visited there but it is not to be confused with the Red Fort.
Anyway, one other thing I wanted to mention about the red fort is that we had the most wonderful guide there. He spoke many different languages. In our little tour group, there was also a couple from Israel. He could call the names of places in English, Italian, German, many others, and HEBREW! He was also very entertaining. When we first "hired" him to give us the guide, he told us that we were VERY lucky. He kept telling us that all through the tour - how lucky we were to have him.
At the end of the tour, he offered to read our palms - but no one wanted that done in our "party".
We walked to the nearby "cafe" and had Mountain Dews and 7-UPs.
That night we ate at the Indian restaurant down the street from where my friends live. It was delicious but VERY spicy.
Anyway, one other thing I wanted to mention about the red fort is that we had the most wonderful guide there. He spoke many different languages. In our little tour group, there was also a couple from Israel. He could call the names of places in English, Italian, German, many others, and HEBREW! He was also very entertaining. When we first "hired" him to give us the guide, he told us that we were VERY lucky. He kept telling us that all through the tour - how lucky we were to have him.
At the end of the tour, he offered to read our palms - but no one wanted that done in our "party".
We walked to the nearby "cafe" and had Mountain Dews and 7-UPs.
That night we ate at the Indian restaurant down the street from where my friends live. It was delicious but VERY spicy.
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